Numerous reports over the past several weeks suggested that the company was hoping to land a female chief, a move that might have helped signal that it is serious about addressing reports of discrimination and sexual harassment. But while many women’s names were bandied about during the search, only one made it as far as this weekend: that of HPE CEO Meg Whitman.

Whitman herself repeatedly said that she was not interested in the job—though the WSJ reports that she gave a presentation to Uber’s board on Saturday. According to Recode’s Kara Swisher, Whitman was concerned about the possibility of inheriting more undiscovered problems at Uber and had a list of requirements that would need to be met before she would accept the job (including that Kalanick be relegated to a “founder-only” role)—a list that apparently made her too problematic for some of Uber’s board members.

While Khosrowshahi may end up being exactly the leader Uber needs right now—and clearly it needs one—it would have been fascinating to see how the company might have changed with a woman in the driver’s seat.

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